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Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Florida.
301Documented
18In custody
195Released
11Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Florida
Where Florida’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 70
2000s 46
2020s 35
1950s 30
1970s 28
2010s 26
Recent dashboard entries from Florida
The newest published events and reporting located in Florida, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Florida Senate threatens legal action unless newspapers destroy an insurance report obtained through public records
Arrest
Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano detained by ICE in Orlando; released September 26
Arrest
Evan Meyer arrested after destroying a police decoy made to resemble a Flock camera
Arrest
Venezuelan journalist Wilmer Solano Dávila detained by CBP in Miami Beach; released August 14
Arrest
Jacksonville Beach man arrested after spray-painting Flock cameras across three beach communities
Other
Prosecutors delay appeal in former journalist Timothy Burke's criminal hacking case
Other
Ten Years After the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Survivors Reflect
Prosecution
Former federal prosecutor Carmen Lineberger was indicted over the sealed volume of the Jack Smith report; the FBI director tied the charges to her work on the Trump classified-documents probe
Documented cases
301 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Abdul Azeez
In Custody
Abdul Azeez (formerly Warren Ballantine) is a Virgin Island independence activist known for being a part of th...
Daniel Barrera Barrera
In Custody
Daniel Barrera Barrera (El Loco) was extradited to the U.S. and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine...
Hanif Shabazz Bey
In Custody
Hanif Shabazz Bey (formerly Beaumont Gereau) is a Virgin Island independence activist known for being a part o...
Malik El-Amin
In Custody
Malik El-Amin (formerly Meral Smith) is a Virgin Island independence activist known for being a part of the "F...
Ignacio Leal Garcia
In Custody
Ignacio Leal Garcia (Camilo, Tuerto) was extradited from Colombia, tried, and convicted of FARC narcotics cons...
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen
In Custody
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 43, Jordanian national residing illegally in Orlando, left letters at multiple O...
Cellicia Latoya Hunt
In Custody
Cellicia Latoya Hunt was arrested August 30, 2019 after allegedly throwing a bottle containing gasoline and a...
Michael Ron David Kadar
In Custody
Michael Ron David Kadar, a U.S.-Israeli citizen, was extradited from Norway and arraigned in Florida on June 2...
Forrest Kendall Pemberton
In Custody
Forrest Kendall Pemberton is a Florida defendant accused of traveling to South Florida with firearms while pla...
Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez
In Custody
Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez (Cesar) was extradited from Colombia and pleaded guilty to FARC narcotics conspiracy;...
Alex Saab
In Custody
Alex Saab was a Venezuelan diplomat, was jailed on June 12, 2020 in Cabo Verde on orders of the United States....
William L. Upham
In Custody
William L. Upham was arrested on July 16, 2026 after prosecutors alleged that he used social media to call for...
Fabio Simon Younes Arboleda
In Custody
Fabio Simon Younes Arboleda, age 72, FARC associate; extradited from Colombia and pleaded guilty to conspiring...
Claudio Rojas
Released
Claudio Rojas is an immigrant-rights activist featured in The Infiltrators, which documents organizing inside...
Patrick Abraham
Released
Patrick Abraham was a Haitian national legally residing in the United States and a member of the Seas of David...
Philip Agee
Released
Philip Agee was born January 19, 1935, and served as a CIA case officer from 1957 to 1968 and later became a p...
Sami Al-Arian
Released
Sami Amin Al-Arian, 61, US permanent resident and former University of South Florida professor, was indicted F...
Burson Augustin
Released
Burson Augustin was the youngest of the convicted Liberty City defendants — barely 21 years old at the time of...
Rothschild Augustine
Released
Rothschild Augustine was a member of the Seas of David in Liberty City, Miami. He was convicted in the third L...
Daniel Baker
Released
Daniel Alan Baker, age 33, a former U.S. Army soldier who went AWOL pre-Iraq deployment and joined the Peoples...
Narseal Batiste
Released
Narseal Batiste was the founder and acknowledged spiritual leader of the Seas of David, the small Liberty City...
Dale Britt Bendler
Released
Dale Britt Bendler, a retired CIA officer who later returned as a contractor, pleaded guilty to acting as an u...
Rogelio Enrique Bolufé Izquierdo
Released
Rogelio Enrique Bolufé Izquierdo, a Cuban and Ecuadorian national living in Florida, entered ICE custody on Au...
Briana Boston
Released
Briana Boston, a 42-year-old mother from Lakeland, Florida, was arrested in December 2024 after telling a Blue...
Institutions in Florida
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Florida that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI MariannaMarianna, Florida
8 cases
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of FloridaGainesville, Florida
8 cases
Florida State PrisonRaiford, Florida
8 cases
Raiford PenitentiaryRaiford, Florida
7 cases
Palm Beach County JailWest Palm Beach, Florida
7 cases
Miami FDCMiami, Florida
4 cases
Polk County JailBartow, Florida
4 cases
Fort TaylorKey West, Florida
4 cases